Mitchell v. Fujitec America, Inc. et al

  1. March 22, 2022

    Fujitec Must Face Ex-Top Atty's Race Bias Claims

    An Ohio federal judge ruled that a Black former Fujitec America attorney's allegations that the company paid him less than white colleagues and punished him for complaining can move forward.

  2. February 08, 2021

    Fujitec Beats Ex-Top Atty's Racial Bias Claims, For Now

    An Ohio federal judge trimmed a discrimination and defamation suit Monday by a black former Fujitec America chief legal officer against the elevator maker, its CEO and a former colleague he says accused him of harassment, but gave the former executive another shot at amending nearly all his claims.

  3. July 06, 2020

    Fujitec Seeks To End Racial Bias Suit By Ex-Top Atty

    Fujitec America moved to dismiss a racial bias suit brought by its former chief legal officer, who is Black, saying his complaint lacks sufficient specificity, while a Fujitec employee he allegedly sexually harassed said the lawyer's decision to name her in the suit constitutes further harassment.

  4. May 08, 2020

    Fujitec Slapped With Racial Bias Claims By Ex-Top Atty

    Fujitec America Inc. violated a federal civil rights law by failing to compensate its black former chief legal officer with pay comparable to similarly situated whites, then terminated him based on a co-worker's false sexual harassment allegations, the attorney has claimed in a $22 million filing in Ohio federal court.